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realz
4 months ago
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Why Everybody Is Losing Money On AI
If developers and enterprises can host their own OSS/fine-tuned models, why will they pay Anthropic or OpenAI?
simonw
4 months ago
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Because hosting a really GOOD model requires hardware that costs tens of thousands of dollars.
It's much cheaper to timeshare that hardware with other users than to buy and run it yourself.
realz
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That may be true for independent devs or startups. Larger companies have enough demand to justify a few A/H100s.
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